Food Safety Program A series of workshops will help produce marketers better understand food safety practices to lower the risk of contamination by a foodborne illness. Workshop “On-Farm Food Safety for Produce Direct Marketers” will be held on the following dates and locations (all times local): * March 23: Allen County Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave.,…Read more about Upcoming Events[Read More]
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Three species of seed and root maggots attack vegetables in Indiana. The seedcorn maggot (Figure 1) feeds on seeds and seedlings of sweetcorn, cucurbits, lima and snap beans, peas, and other crops. Cabbage maggots can cause serious damage to transplants of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts and make the fleshy roots of radishes, turnips,…Read more about Seed and Root Maggots[Read More]
Travelling through Indiana last summer, I realized that many growers plant their crops in soil inside their high tunnels or greenhouses. Soilless production offers different benefits and challenges. This is the first article in a series focusing on soilless crop production in high tunnels and greenhouses. Today we are discussing Hydroponics. What is Hydroponics? The…Read more about Opportunities in Hydroponics[Read More]
In recent years, many seed companies have begun using the neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam (FarMore) as a seed treatment on cucurbit and other vegetable seeds. Thiamethoxam is a systemic insecticide that moves from the seed coat into the seedling and then moves throughout the plant. Research has shown that these seed treatments provide about 3 weeks…Read more about Neonicotinoid Seed Treatment on Cucurbits[Read More]
One way insects communicate with individuals of the same species is with pheromones. Pheromones are volatile chemicals released by an insect that usually can be detected only by individuals of the same species. There are a number of different types of pheromones, but the most common type is the sex pheromone. Usually the females will…Read more about Pheromones and Pheromone Traps[Read More]
Tomatoes grown in controlled environment are exposed to conditions that are different from their original habitats. As a result, varieties that are not specifically bred for greenhouse production may respond to the controlled environment with abnormal symptoms. One group of the symptoms is called edema. Bumps, galls or blisters develop on tomato leaves, petioles or…Read more about Edema on Tomato Rootstocks[Read More]
If you are an Indiana beekeeper and if you are under 22, please note the 2016 Young Beekeeper of the Year Award This is a statewide contest with great prizes. Application procedure and additional information can be found at YBA Information-Application Form. Application deadline is September 1, 2016.
Updates to the MW Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers 2016 (ID-56)-The table below gives the changes that have been made to the on-line version of the ID-56 as of this date. If you have purchased, or will purchase, a hard copy of this guide, please make these changes. If you use the ID-56, these…Read more about Updates to the 2016 MW Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers[Read More]
New fungicide – I would like to announce the release of a new fungicide, Orondis® from Syngenta. It is a good product and should help commercial vegetable growers in combating downy mildew of cucurbits, Phytophthora blight of cucurbits, peppers and tomato, Buckeye rot of tomato and late blight of potato and tomato. However, I also want to…Read more about New Fungicide for Vegetables[Read More]
If you received a hard copy of the Midwest Cantaloupe Variety Trial in Southwest Indiana-2015 at the Southwest Indiana Melon and Vegetable Growers Technical meeting in December, 2015, please note there was a mistake in Table 3, the firmness and fruit size columns. The corrected version of this report is available at https://ag.purdue.edu/hla/fruitveg/MidWest%20Trial%20Reports/2015/02-01_Guan_Cantaloupe.pdf. We are…Read more about Correction of the 2015 Cantaloupe Variety Trial Report in Southwest Indiana[Read More]
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